Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσανάτρεπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσανάτρεπτος δυσανάτρεπτον

Structure: δυσανατρεπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)natre/pw

Sense

  1. hard to overthrow

Examples

  • ὀψὲ δὲ ᾔσθοντο, μεγάλησ καὶ δυσανατρέπτου γενομένησ καὶ βαδιζούσησ ἄντικρυσ ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν ὅλων μεταβολήν, ὡσ οὐδεμίαν ἀρχὴν πράγματοσ ἡγητέον μικράν, ἣν οὐ ταχὺ ποιεῖ μεγάλην τὸ ἐνδελεχέσ ἐκ τοῦ καταφρονηθῆναι τὸ μὴ κωλυθῆναι λαβοῦσαν. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 4 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. hard to overthrow

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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